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The Women of Troy

Pat Barker

From Shelf: Inspired by Greek Mythology

Troy has fallen and the Greek victors are primed to return home, loaded with spoils. All they need is a good wind to lift their sails.But the wind does not come. The gods are offended - the body of Priam lies desecrated, unburied - and so the victors remain in uneasy limbo, camped in the shadow of the city they destroyed. The coalition that held them together begins to fray, as old feuds resurface and new suspicions fester.Largely unnoticed by her squabbling captors, erstwhile queen Briseis remains in the Greek encampment. She forges alliances where she can - with young, rebellious Amina, with defiant, aged Hecuba, with Calchus, the disgraced priest - and she begins to see the path to revenge...

Format:
Hardback
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:
9780241427231
Published Date:
26/8/2021
Dimensions:
240mm x 162mm x 31mm
Weight:
536g
Category:
Historical fiction

RRP: ยฃ18.99

Format: Hardback

ISBN: 9780241427231


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